95 Democrats vote to honor far-right activist Charlie Kirk in House resolution

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Ninety-five Democrats joined 215 Republicans Friday to adopt a U.S. House resolution honoring far-right activist Charlie Kirk, who was assassinated last week. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries told his fellow Democrats in a closed-door meeting Thursday that leaders would support the resolution, but others were free to vote as they please. Some Democrats said they feared violence if they opposed it, Axios reports, or at least that a no vote would be used against them. Jamie Raskin, a progressive Democrat from Maryland, said he voted for the resolution because it “repeatedly condemns all political violence, extremism and hatred in unequivocal terms,” The Guardian reports. He added, “We should overlook whatever surplus verbiage is contained in this resolution designed to make the vote difficult for Democrats.